The Great T-Nut Shortage 🪛 | 10 Observatories in 10 Weeks – Week 6

Week 6 at Starview Farm was pure build chaos — we cranked out the last four base frames, clad them, and finally got roofs on the four observatories that had been waiting way too long for cover.

It was all going smoothly… until we hit The Great T-Nut Shortage of 2025.
Progress screeched, bolts dangled, and we questioned every hardware store within a 100 km radius.

Between clear, moonless nights and endless steel connector plates, we somehow kept the momentum going — proving once again that sleep is optional, but T-Nuts are not.

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https://youtu.be/keu0qaDJDic

My 3D Printer Thinks I’m an Idiot (Telescope Edition)

I set out to 3D print a simple collimator sleeve for my Takahashi telescope. Easy, right? Wrong. My first three attempts were complete disasters — warped, cracked, and just plain useless. By the time I hit attempt number four, I was questioning my life choices (and my 3D printer’s opinion of me). Watch me fumble through failure after failure in true DIY fashion.

https://youtu.be/sDVQ7yJAoRI

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